Indiana Code 36-12-3-11. Certain funds; establishment
(1) All money collected from tax levies, interest on investments, fees, fines, rentals, and other revenues:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-12-3-11
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(B) must be budgeted and expended in the manner required by law.
(2) All money received from the sale of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, or alteration of library buildings, except the premium and accrued interest on the bonds, shall be deposited into the construction fund. The money shall be appropriated and expended solely for the purpose for which the indebtedness is created.
(3) All money derived from the taxes levied for the purpose of retiring bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, and any premium or accrued interest that may be received, shall be deposited into the bond and interest redemption fund. The fund shall be used for no other purpose than the repayment of indebtedness.
(4) Money or securities may be accumulated in any library improvement reserve fund to anticipate necessary future capital expenditures, such as:
(A) the purchase of land;
(B) the purchase and construction of buildings or structures;
(C) the construction of additions or improvements to existing structures;
(D) the purchase of equipment; and
(E) all repairs or replacement of buildings or equipment.
(5) Money or securities accepted and received by the library board as a grant, a gift, a donation, an endowment, a bequest, or a trust may be:
(A) set aside in a separate fund or funds and shall be expended, without appropriation, in accordance with the conditions and purposes specified by the donor; or
(B) set aside in an account with a nonprofit corporation established for the sole purpose of building permanent endowments within a community (referred to as a “community foundation”). The earnings on the funds in the account, either:
(i) deposited by the library; or
(ii) accepted by the community foundation on behalf of the library;
may be distributed back to the library for expenditure, without appropriation, in accordance with the conditions and purposes specified by the donor. A community foundation that distributes earnings under this clause is not required to make more than one (1) distribution of earnings in a calendar year.
(6) All money received in payment for library services or for library purchases made or to be made under the terms of a contract between two (2) or more public libraries under section 7 of this chapter shall be deposited into the contractual service fund. This money shall be:
(A) expended solely for the purposes specified in the contract; and
(B) disbursed without further appropriation.
(b) The library board may invest excess funds in accordance with IC 5-13-9.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education Recodification Citation: 20-14-3-9.]
As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.49.